Improvement in instruments for ringing hogs



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INSTRUMENTS FOR. nnmm HOGS. No.176,597. Patented April 25, 1876.

WITNESSES I JV VEN TOR UNITED STATES WILLIAM BTOHAMBERS, OF DECATUR,ILLINOIS.

PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSTRUMENTS FOR RINGING HOGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,597, dated April25, 1876 application filed April 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. CHAM- BERS, of Decatur, in the county ofMacon and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hog-Ringing Nippers; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of hogringers or hog-ringing nip'perswhich are used to insert the double ring in the hogs nose; and thenature of my invention consists in providing the lower jaw of thenippers with upward-projecting points to support the ring and preventthe same from spreading when inserting in place.

In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of a hog-ringerembodying 'my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the upper jaw,and Fig. 3 is a similar view of the lower jaw.

A represents the upper jaw, and B the lower jaw, formed respectivelyupon the front ends of two handles, 0 and O, which are pivoted togetherat a, in the usual manner. The upper jaw A is formed with side flanges bb,

and a grooved lip, 01, along the outer edge, the same as in somehog-ringers now in use. The lower jaw B is also constructed the same asusual in this class of devices, and made shorter than the upper jaw.

At the outer end, on each side of the lower jaw B, is formed a point orlug, 2', which projects upward, as shown. These points i i are formed ofthe same piece of metal with the jaw, and are upon the extreme end ofthe same, and they support the ring and prevent it from spreading outwhen inserting in the hogs nose.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hog-ringer, composed of two jaws with handles pivoted together, theupward-projecting points i i formed at the extreme end of one of thejaws, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this30th of March, 1875.

WILLIAM B. CHAMBERS.

Witnesses:

E. WNWOOD, W. M. BOYD.

